Avocado

I grew up with an avocado tree in the backyard that we never touched. At that time avocados were considered to be fattening. Second only to the terror of a pending earthquake-apocalypse, getting fat is the biggest fear we have in Southern California. Yet as we now know, a food containing fat, good fat that is, is not fattening at all and possibly even the opposite. Avocados are:

high in fiber.

good for your skin.

rich in omega-9 mono-unsaturated fats, lipids known to lower cholesterol and reduce the risk of cancer and diabetes.